Map or document file



April 1940- E. s. HUNNICUTT 2,195,557

MAP 0R DOCUMENT FILE 7 Filed March 28, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 o 0 l7 00 EL Z0 5'5 ED v p zz EM j unrzz'oufi ATTORNEY Ap 9, 1940. E. s. HUNNICUTT MAP 0R DOCUMENT FILE Filed March 28, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 SHunn z'cu ZZ ATTORNEY i 30 Inthe drawings,.forming aip'art ofthisispeci Patented Apr. 9, 1940 vlVIy:invention relates broadly to: filing: units, and more particularly to a' unit for filinglarge loose sheets-of paper, orthe'lik'ef' tion with each other.

- Another object of my invention is-the provi-e of the same,

sion of a filing unit for filing: large sheets-such as maps, blueprints, and-the likaina manner, 3 whereby the samemay be selectively individually same from the file.

proper order. I r I Yet another object of my invention is thezpro vision of a filing unit for vfilinglarge: sheetsthat 25 is simple in construction, efficient-in oper'ation and inexpensive to amanufacture.. I

Other objects .and advantages of;myiinventio I p v tion incros's section, isvertigally positioned-with will be apparent'during the courseofthe follow ing description; 1

fication, and in which'like numerals areremployed to designate like parts throughoutrthelsame,

' Figure 1 is a transverse'sectional lviewof device, taken on theline l -ia;of Fig.3, and shoyq-f,

35 ing the frames embodying a part ofthe invention positioned within thehcabinet,

Fig. '2 is a view sirnilargto---Eig; 1; but showmg the pivoted frames positioned exteriorly aohthe cabinet,

40 Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. i 1, t d

Fig 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 4+4 of Fig. 1, and I V Fig. 5 is a fragmentary transverse sectional 45 view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4. p

In the accompanying drawings, wherein for the vpurpose'of illustration, is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral l des-. ignates a cabinet having ends II and I2, back 59 Hand top and bottom l4 and respectively.

The bottom I5 carries'the casters or rollers l6 at each of its four corners to permit the said device to be easily moved from'place to place if desired. The front side I! of the cabinet is open and 5 swinging doors l8 and 19 are hingedly mounted An important object 'ofmy-invention-is the provision of a filing unit'forgfilinglarge sheets such as* maps, blue "printsyand; the liheg -in 341 manner whereby the same may be ,suspen'ded ina vertical position and ins'pac'ed parallel rela observed without the necessity of removingrthe- Still another: object of myi-inventi'on is itli'e, provision of afiling unit fon. filing largersheets, such as maps, blue prints; and: thewlike, irr-ag manner whereby the same .may be: easilyfaceese. K 20 sible to permit. the.individual;'sheetsi to be easily and expeditiouslylremoved and reinserted in their therein. Thehin-gesit which secure'the doors to; the frame arepositioned at the outeredge-f the doors-so that thedoors will openoutwardly from the middle, as illustrated-in Fig, 2, and the' casters'2l -and 'z 2- are carried by the doors at 5, [their inner ends thereof in a manner whereby they will roll along the floor when the .doorsare opened, i Handle means 23 are carried by. the

' doorsat substantially the'middlei'of. their inner.

edge' to permit the manual opening and closing 10 A door limitingrbar 2,4 islprovided adjacent the hinged side of each. of the doors, l8 and H and is formed withan'elongatedslot 25 which receives the shank portion of'a. pind ld extending downwardly from'ithe topvofithecabe; l5 inet' and with the. enlarged .head ll thereof positioned-under the .said arm; A-pin 28 ,6Xb611d?" ing upwardly from the upwardiedge of each f; i thesdoorslis received withinthe slotand With the enlarged head portion 291thl760f positioned above; 'thearm so that. whenjthe door fia ifi Opened, the

pin 28 will cause the bar 241: to be moved oute wardly'with respect to the cabinet until theysh llk of the pin'26engages with thepinnerextremity of the elongated slotc.2,5:, t0 efi ct v' j y im t; he "further outward movement .-Qfthe door.'

The rod '30, of substantially EtrianguLar'f rrna-Q in the cabinet adjacent. the-,rear edge of the door -9a dthe 1ipp r end-e1:tner pr s omm d a 30 andpi ota lr'r ceive wi n th ea n 33. 'I'helowerend 34 of-therod w isrounded as at 35- andvthe Said. r unded portion. is piVotallyv inounted inlthe lowerbearing 36." Upper and lower arms -31 andttare rotatable 1 with; the rod v D? ndiare normallyo it enedm o; ex end i wardlyof -the, cabinet insp'aced Parall ism with thesidewall It, as illustratedpin Fig. 1, and arcu ated supports j39 and.40 havelthe opposite ends thereof secured to the ends of the arms 3? and 0 38., The" arms 39 and 40 are here illustrated as being constructed of angle iron for the purposeof rigidity and the upper webs of the supporting armsare provided 'with'a plurality of verti-' i cally aligning apertures 42; 4 v

.to the rod, 44 at a point slightly above the supl porting bracket'dll, and the end 480i the front ,55-

portion 45 is welded or otherwise secured to the upper supporting member 45. The inner end 50 of the upper supporting member 49 is welded or V terminate in a looped formation. A transverse supporting member 52 connects the front support 45 and rear rod 44 at substantially, their middle, and additional supporting braces 53 and 54 extend diagonallypof the frame, as illustrated in Fig. 3. The upper brace 49 and intermediate member 52 are provided with a plurality of spaced upwardly projecting pins 55.

It is to be understood that whileI have here described only one of the frames 43, in detail, all;

of the frames are constructedi'n'an identical manner, and are pivotally mounted to the upp r,

and lower arcuated supports 39 and 40 in the vertically aligning apertures 42;

A bracing member 56 .has the lower end. thereof secured to the center of the-lower arcu ated support lii and its upper end 58 thereof secured to the upper arm 31 at substantially its middle to impart a substantial rigidity therebetween.

The upperbrace 49 of the rearmost frame 43 has the latchmember 59 hingedly mounted thereon. The latch member 59 extends forwardly thereof in abridging relation to the frames43 and. the extremity thereof is bent downwardly and outwardly to form a handle means 60.

Theoperation of my device is as follows: i The large sheets of maps, blueprints, or the like, areattached to the frames bytying or'othenwise securingthem to the pins 55,. and they are normally positioned within the cabinet H], as illustrated in Fig. 1, with each of the frames 43 p0- sitioned in spaced parallelism with each otherand with the forward extremity of the latching member 59 engaging the front frame 43 to'hold the intermediate frames in their properly related positions.

When it is desired to inspect one of the maps, the doors l8 and H! are swung outwardly asfar as the limiting means -24 will permit and the rollers or casters 2] and 22 will engage the floor to support the cabinet and to prevent the same from falling forwardly when the maps' are pivotally swung to a position exteriorly of the cabinet; This operation is accomplished by" manually grasping the handle 60 of the latch member 59, and after the-frames 43 have been swung outwardly to a position substantially parallel'tothe doors [8 and 19, the forward extremity of the latch member is moved upwardly to release the frames and to permit the same to be individually and selectively spread apart, as illustrated in Fig. 2. It may thus be seen that each of the frames is easily accessible andthat the individual sheets may be easily and expeditiously removed from any of the frames 43.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention, herewith shown and described, is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changes in the size, shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of my invention or. the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A file unit comprising a receptacle having mounted in said cabinet and having a plurality of spaced arcuately positioned apertures, open frames pivotallymounted in the apertures of the saidplates', and means to latch the said open.

one side adapted to be opened, horizontally disposed upper and lower arms pivotally mounted in. the said receptacle and adapted to swing subone side open, upper and lower arms pivotally stantially exteriorly thereof through the said open side, vertically disposed frame members pivotally mounted toand between the said arms and adapted to extend exteriorly of the said receptacle when the said arms are pivoted to a position substantially exteriorly of the said receptacle, and meansto latch the said frames in spaced parallel relation with each other when positioned within the said cabinet;

3. A. filecomprising a receptacle having an open side, a vertically disposed rod pivotally mounted in the said receptacle adjacent one side of-the said opening, arms carried by the rod 0 adjacent the topiand bottom of. the said receptacle, arcuated braces carried by the said arms, open frames pivotally carried by the said arcuated braces, and a plurality; of pegs carried by the said open frames to permit large flexible sheets such as maps 'or the like to be suspended thereon.

4. A file unit comprising a receptacle having one side adapted to be'opened, horizontally disposed upper andv lower arms pivotally mounted in the said receptacle and adapted to swing subv stantially exteriorly thereof through the. said open side, vertically disposed frame members pivotallymounte'd to and between the said arms and adapted to extend exteriorly of the said receptacle when the. said arms are pivoted to a position substantially exteriorly of the said receptacleg a latch hingedly carried by the rearmost frame and-extending forwardly thereof to frictionally engage the foremost frame, and handle means integrallysecured to the forward extremity of the said latch.

' EMORY S. HUNNICUTT. 

